Re: PLDT rate limiting torrents?

I found a blog post about someone experiencing the same thing. The comments
indicate there are more people encountering it.

http://www.everythingtechy.com/2013/12/27/pldt-throttlinglimiting-bit-torrent-traffic/


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Dan Sweeney <dsweeney-CdjcK7sRb8tWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:

> Go to Hurricane Electric and see if you can get a tunnel-brokered account (
> www.he.net). From there you can do 6in4 or if your really brave 6in4/4in6
> tunneling.
>
> I haven't bothered to set up a test for IPv4 tunnels (vpns)..
>
> Also do not recommend using speedtest as a bandwidth see:
> http://www.noaccess.com/~dsweeney/speedtest.ppt
>
> Dan
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:26 AM, JP Loh wrote:
>
> > Interesting. Can anyone confirm with an actual test with an IPv6 tunnel?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Dan Sweeney <dsweeney-CdjcK7sRb8tWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Rob,
> >
> > Silly man.. remember a project called SASN/WiMax a few years ago ??
> >
> > All of Globe CONSUMER networks either goes thru SASN (Ericsson) or
> Redback DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) devices. Depending on the Purchase
> Plan you bought P2P has different rate limits as does http downloads, udp
> video streaming etc.
> >
> > PLDT has simular deployments with the myDSL network and some parts of
> Smart (but not all) also have SASN clusters. Don't think they used the
> Redback DPI/BRAS devices.
> >
> > It should be noted that *application rate shaping* is not illegal in the
> USA but *application rate limiting* is.
> >
> > Dan
> > On Jan 5, 2014, at 11:42 PM, Michael Tinsay wrote:
> >
> > > Is anybody else getting multiple duplicates of this particular thread?
> > >
> > > Anyway...
> > >
> > > Just this past holiday week I was able to download a 2GB file via
> bittorrent using a Smart BRO LTE USB stick with a prepaid LTE sim.  It took
> less than two hours.  No throttling experienced here.  Also from
> experience, Globe  throttles your *entire* connection when it detects high
> P2P traffic, but not PLDT/Smart.  I'll try to test PLDT DSL again when I
> get back to the office.  Maybe they're testing out new network traffic
> management gears.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- mike t.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sunday, 5 January 2014, 23:22, [C]hicken [G] od <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > > I am no networking expert but according to the local forums PLDT has
> some issues with one of the international undersea cables. If torrents work
> on an encrypted connection the rumours may be true that throttling is
> occuring.
> > > On Jan 5, 2014 9:09 AM, "Robert Locke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi gang,
> > >
> > > Is anyone experiencing problems with BitTorrent on PLDT myDSL?  I'm
> maxing out at 10 to 20kB/s download, a far cry from the 600 to 700 kB/s I
> used to be getting a few weeks ago.
> > >
> > > For the record, my connection seems fine in every other respect -
> http, video, voip, etc all work well.  Speedtest.net reports the usual 5 to
> 6 Mbps of download speed.  I haven't touched my modem or wireless routers
> in months and none of them support QoS anyways.  I've tried several torrent
> clients (e.g., uTorrent, Transmission, Vuze, etc), but no luck.
> > >
> > > One curiosity is that sometimes my download speed will reach 300+
> kB/s, but *only* when I'm connected to a fast peer *within* the PLDT
> network.  This, more than anything, indicates there may be some kind of
> filtering going on.
> > >
> > > I've found a work around by tunneling the Torrent traffic through a
> remote server, but it's a bit of a pain.
> > >
> > > Any theories?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Rob
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